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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Brian Elliott Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.909, 47th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 2.36 a game, 74th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 19th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 55 games, 66th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.903, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 28th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 38th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 60 games, 74th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 53 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Brian Elliott G, TBL 2009-10 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
55 Games played 60
29 Wins 26
18 Losses 23
5 Shutouts 2
1,424 Shots against 1,632
1,294 Saves 1,474
130 Goals against 158
0.909 Save % 0.903
2.57 Goals against average 2.72
Contract
$850K Cap hit $6M

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.